Attachment for display-racks.



G. J. WILLNER.' ATTACHMENT FOR DISPLAY RACKS. l

AAPPLIGATIQN FILED AUG. 26, 1 907.

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GUSTAV J. WILLNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR DISPLAY-RACKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed August 26, 1907. Serial No. 390,101.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAv J. WILLNEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Display-Racks and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for display racks and the like, and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this character for attachment to racks particularly adapted for displaying materials in rolls, such as oil cloth, and the like.

A further object is to provide improved means for holding the roll from slipping while the material is being unwound therefrom, and also while the material is being cut.

A further obj ect is to provide an improved combined support for the material and guide for the knife or cutting instrument.

A further object is to provide an improved device Aof this character which will be simple, cheap and durable in construction and effective and efficient in operation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating an exempliiication of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display rack having the improved attachment applied thereto and constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on line 3-8 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, and in the present exempliiication of the invention, there is shown an improved display rack comprising a back 10, sides 11, and top and bottom 12. Y

The sides 11 are preferably parallel with each other, and extend for some distance from the back 10 and are provided with notches or recesses 13 in the edges, thereof, which notches are adapted to receive the extremities of the bars or rods 14 upon which the material 15 is wound.

Secured between the sides 11 is a plate or support 16 which is preferably located intermediate two of the slots or recesses 13 and extends entirely across the display rack with the front edge 17 thereof. terminating flush with the front edges of the sides 11. plate or support is located a slight distance from the roll 15 and is so positioned that the material on being drawn from the roll will pass over the edge 17 thereof.

Extending across the back 10 andy between the sides 11 is a rod 18 which is journaled in suitable bearings 19 secured to the back. One end of the rod 18 terminates in a bent or deflected portion 20 adjacent the inner face of one of the sides 11, the extremity 21 of which is deflected to form an operating handle whereby the rod or bar 18 may be rocked in its bearings 19 to constitute a rock shaft. The deflected portion 20 is of such alength that the extremity 21 thereof will extend across the front edge of one of the sides 11, and pivotally supported on the outer face of said side is a catch 22 which is preferably provided with a beveled extremity 23 and a notch 24. The catch r22 is of such a length that the notch 24 will stand beyond the edge of the side 11 so that when the beveled extremity 23 is enga ed by the handle 21 of the shaft or rod 18, t e catch will be raised to permit the handle 21 to assume such a position that the notch 24 will drop thereover and lock the shaft in such position.

Extending from the shaft or rod 18 are spaced arms or members 25, which are of such a length as to engage and rest upon the periphery of the roll 15 to create a friction thereon to prevent the material from becoming accidentally unwound therefrom and to hold the same while 'the material is being cut.

Suitable flexible members 26 are provided and surround the shaft or rod 18, one extremity thereof being secured to the shaft and the other extremity to the rear Wall 10 of the rack, and said iiexible members tend to normally hold the arms or members 25 in engagement with the eriphery of the roll as the diameter of the ro l decreases. The normal tendency of these yielding members is to hold the arms or members 25 in engagement with the, roll when the roll is in position as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawin and when it is desired to remove the ro the arms are moved out of engagement with the roll by means of the handle 22 on the rock shaft or rod 18. When the arms or mem- This y bers 25 are moved into an inoperative position, they may be locked in such position with the catch 22 to permit one roll to be removed and a new roll to be inserted, the position of the roll from whichthe material is to be removed being between the support or late 16 and the arms or members 25.

ne of the sides 11 may be provided with a series of graduations 27 preferably arranged on the front edge thereof and constitutes a measure for measuring the material as it is drawn from the roll, the bar or plate 16 being utilized as one or'the graduations of the measure.

In using the nach, the holder may be filled with rolls andwhen it is desired to cut some of the material from one of the rolls, the roll is placed in position between the plate 16 and the arms or members 25 and the rock shaft 18 released so that the arms or members 25 will rest upon the periphery of the roll as shown in Fig.' lof the drawing. The material is then drawn -from the rol over the plate or support 16 and is measured by means of the graduations 27 on the rack, the yielding members 26 serving to press the arms or members 25 against the periphery of the roll as the diameter thereof decreases to create a tension thereon and forholding the roll to prevent the accidental unwinding of the material. After the desired amount of material has been drawn off: from the roll and measured, the operator may,l then cut the amount from the roll,v by means of a knife or any other suitable cutter, adjacent the plate or support 16, preferably by drawthe cutter across the upper face ofthe material. The plate or support 16k is inclined as shown more clearly in F ig. 2 of the drawing to present an edge over which the material is adapted to be drawn and so that the cutter will extend under and engagel the'lowerrfac'e thereof to be guided thereby. When cutting, the front edge of the support will coperate with the edge of the cutter to produce a shearing cut to sever the goods thereby insuring a straight cut and enabling the operator to readily sever the material Obviously any number of members or arms 25 may be provided, but in the present eX- emplification of the invention, only two are shown, which are located approximately adjacent the ends of the roll.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a holder for a roll of material, a fixed support for the material adjacent the roll, a member having a fixed pivot with relation to the holder and adapted to engage the periphery of the roll to create a friction thereon, yieldable means for holding the member in position and means for locking the member out of operative position and against the tension of the said yielding means.

2'. The combination of a holder for a roll of material, a member having a fixed pivot with relation to the holder, and adapted to engage the periphery of the roll when the latter is in position to create a friction thereon, a handle operatively related to the members for moving the latter, and a catch adapted to engage the handle to hold the said member out of operative position.

3. The combination of a holder for a roll of material, a member having a fixed pivot with relation to the holder, yielding means tending to normally hold the member in engagement with the periphery of the roll when the latter is in position to create a friction thereon, a handle for moving the member out of operative position and means adapted to engage the handle to hold the said member in an inoperative position and against the tension of the said yielding means.

4.. The combination of a holder for a roll of material, a rock shaft supported by the holder adjacent the roll, an arm projecting laterally from the shaft and adapted to en- 0age the periphery of the roll to create a iction thereon, a handle for rocking the shaft to move the arm out of operative position with relation to the roll and means for locking the shaft against movement to hold the arm in an inoperative position.

5. The combination of a holder for a roll lof material, a rock shaft supported by the 1lholderfanarm projecting from the shaft and adapted to engage the periphery of the roll when the latter is in position to create a friction thereon, yielding means for holding the arm in engagement with the roll as the diameter of the latter decreases, a handle for moving the arm out of engagement with the roll and a catch on the support adapted to engage the handle to lock the arm out of operative position and against the tension of the said yielding means.

`In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 21st day of August A. D. 1907.

GUSTAV J. VVILLNER. Witnesses:

J. H. JocHUM, Jr., C. H. SEEM.

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